Wagner Episode #1.10 (Season 1, Episode 10)
TV Episode | 67 min | Biography, Drama, History

Wagner

Episode #1.10 (Season 1, Episode 10)

TV Episode | 67 min | Biography, Drama, History

Construction on the opera house in Bayreuth begins and his epic Der Ring des Nibelungen can finally be premiered. The performance is attended by Ludwig who is slowly losing his mind, while living in his gigantic new castle Neuschwanstein. ...See moreConstruction on the opera house in Bayreuth begins and his epic Der Ring des Nibelungen can finally be premiered. The performance is attended by Ludwig who is slowly losing his mind, while living in his gigantic new castle Neuschwanstein. Wagner and Nietzsche have a falling out over Wagner's lifestyle and ideas (including his rampant anti-semitism). Flash forward years later to 1883, shortly before his death, Wagner and Liszt reflect on Wagner's life: the people he has known, the events that occurred and the music he composed. Written by Larry B. See less

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28 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Burton Richard Wagner Richard Wagner See fewer	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Bill Fraser Mayor of Bayreuth Mayor of Bayreuth See fewer	The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ (1985)
Vanessa Redgrave Cosima von Bulow Cosima von Bulow See fewer	Atonement (2007)
Ronald Pickup Nietzsche Nietzsche See fewer	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
Jess Thomas Niemann Niemann See fewer	Ariadne auf Naxos (1965)
László Gálffi Ludwig II Ludwig II See fewer	Semmelweis (2023)
György ifj. Gonda Foreman Foreman See fewer	The Nightmare Years (1989)
Brook Williams Rubinstein / Joukowsky Rubinstein / Joukowsky See fewer	Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Stephen Oliver Richter Richter See fewer	Fresh Fields (1984)
Ernest Lenart Brandt Brandt See fewer	Death and Diamonds (1968)
Friedrich Schwardtmann Violinist Violinist See fewer	Tatort (1970)
Götz von Langheim Feusthal (as Goetz von Langheim) Feusthal (as Goetz von Langheim) See fewer	Die rote Rosa (1966)
Richard Pasco Otto Wesendonck Otto Wesendonck See fewer	Mrs. Brown (1997)
Marthe Keller Mathilde Wesendonck Mathilde Wesendonck See fewer	Marathon Man (1976)
László Horváth Hanslick Hanslick See fewer	Wagner (1983)
Ekkehard Schall Liszt Liszt See fewer	Mother Courage and Her Children (1961)
Niall Toibin Lutz Lutz See fewer	Far and Away (1992)
Laurence Olivier Pfeuffer Pfeuffer See fewer	Sleuth (1972)
John Gielgud Pfistermeister Pfistermeister See fewer	Arthur (1981)
Gyula Benkö Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Szerelmes szívek (1944)
Philipp Brammer Siegfried Siegfried See fewer	Joyeux Noel (2005)
Andrew Cruickshank Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	El Cid (1961)
Christoph Dittrich Levi Levi See fewer	Wagner (1983)
Manfred Jung Usher Usher See fewer	Der Ring des Nibelungen (1980)
Lisa Kreuzer Friederike Meyer Friederike Meyer See fewer	The American Friend (1977)
Tony Palmer Conductor Conductor See fewer	Testimony (1987)
Siegmar Schneider Kaiser Wilhelm I Kaiser Wilhelm I See fewer	Stresemann (1957)
Claudia Solti Isolde von Bülow Isolde von Bülow See fewer	Immortal Beloved (1994)